Lawton vs Moville

A side-by-side comparison of Lawton and Moville: population, income, housing, and more.

Lawton and Moville are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Moville has the higher population (1,840 vs 906 in Lawton). Moville has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $90,278 in Lawton). Lawton has the higher median home value ($246,800 vs $174,600 in Moville).

Population, income & housing

	Lawton	Moville
Population	906	1,840
Median age	39.3 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$90,278	$96,250
Median home value	$246,800	$174,600
Median gross rent	$854	$763
Housing units	390	624
Homeownership rate	78.7%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawton	Moville
Population	1,105 → 906 (-18.0%)	1,812 → 1,840 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$75,000 → $90,278 (+20.4%)	$68,631 → $96,250 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$171,600 → $246,800 (+43.8%)	$144,800 → $174,600 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $854 (+26.1%)	$683 → $763 (+11.7%)

Lawton

Population

1,105906

Median household income

$75,000$90,278

Median home value

$171,600$246,800

Median gross rent

$677$854

Moville

Population

1,8121,840

Median household income

$68,631$96,250

Median home value

$144,800$174,600

Median gross rent

$683$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawton	Moville
Under 5	4.9%	9.6%
5 to 17	24.2%	26.5%
18 to 24	4.2%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.7%	15.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	9.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.3%
65 to 74	11.5%	7.1%
75 and over	5.8%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawton	Moville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	77.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	18.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawton	Moville
No high school diploma	1.7%	8.7%
High school graduate	27.3%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawton	Moville
Drove alone	90.6%	84.1%
Carpooled	5.9%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.2%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawton	Moville
1-unit, detached	82.1%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Lawton	Moville
Poverty rate	8.3%	3.2%
Average household size	2.56	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1980	1963